• Gearing up to enjoy the holiday season
- Expert advice on handling the physical and emotional demands of the season
- What to do and say when family and friends are insensitive about your health needs
- Ideas for hosting an event with minimal hassles
- Strategies for avoiding the winter blues
• Q&A with experienced healthcare providers and researchers
- What are bio-identical hormones, and are they costly?
- Is hand and foot pain caused by fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)?
- Improving physical fitness without worsening symptoms
• How to speed recovery from injuries, flares, or surgeries
- Six steps to promote healing and symptom relief
- Factors that have an impact on physical function
- Relationship between laser therapy and substances that produce pain
• Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)
- How it works
- FMS studies show significant improvements
- Typical treatment schedule and cost
- How to find a qualified LLLT provider
• FMS Treatment News
- Ultracet trial: relieving pain improves function
- Pindolol: novel yet effective way to target symptoms
- Acupuncture: two reports on FMS reveal how it works
• Hereditary aspects of pain and sleep conditions
- Survey results from 600 FMS patients and family members
- Most common pain and sleep conditions
- Impact of structural problems in the airways on symptom severity
- What impact do initial symptoms have on how you feel today?
- Common first symptoms of patients and family members
- What conditions may "predict" the development of FMS?
• Brain Imaging: Unique Signatures for Every Condition
- Brain reorganizes in response to medical conditions
- Using brain imaging to distinguish pain from depression
- How chronic pain affects overall pain tolerance
• Physicians in the Spotlight
- Four examples of high-quality healthcare providers
- Helpful medications, nondrug therapies, and other treatment approaches
- Four-step program to maximize function
- Treatment for coexisting sleep apnea and PLMS
- Win a free year of Fibromyalgia Network Journal
• Free bonus articles for Members only: Growth hormone and FMS, Mirapex for sleep, beta-adrenergic receptor (BAR) research (pertains to pindolol drug), and meds and hormones used by an experienced physician (details provided to members on how to receive articles)
• Answers to commonly asked questions about your Fibromyalgia Network Membership

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